The giant Salmonflies of the Western mountains are legendary for their proclivity to elicit consistent dry-fly action and ferocious strikes.
Pteronarcys nymphs live for two years before maturing. This small one is in its first year.
This stonefly was collected from unknown in Wisconsin on March 10th, 2004 and added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on January 19th, 2006.